How to Speak Cockney / Practice English with Paul

[@allenlogue4765]

'ello Pau. Fanks for da lesson. Seriously well done mate. As an American voice actor, honing cockney skills is a serious undertaking that most of my collegues won't even attempt (if they try anything "British", they often settle for Posh and don't go further). Your lesson provides excellent practical examples that I've now played a dozen times. Please do the vid on rhyming slang. That's another degree of complexity not easily understood or mastered for non-Cockney speakers.

[@PracticeEnglishwithPaul]

Oh I am glad it was useful)) Great idea on the Rhyming Slang. I will do that vid tomorrow and it will be up this week) Awesome idea)

[@Janus-fn2uz]

Fyi matey. We Cockneys actually pronounce the L in Paul. Let's ave it right!

[@saeedbaloch2393]

I reckon you're an impeccable teacher lovely way to illustrate

[@justmiriam6102]

Hi, I'm Scottish and learning a cockney accent for my production in my acting course. Thank you so much! This helped me a lot.

[@PracticeEnglishwithPaul]

Just Miriam no worries) and best of luck with your production)

[@NiceBrazil78]

Hi Paul I'm Brazilian And I'm learning British English Because I Think more beautiful than american english. Hugs From Brazil!

[@PracticeEnglishwithPaul]

João Mattos_BR and you are awesome my friend)

[@FranciscoSilva-kk5do]

Hello mate! I'm Francisco and I'm also trying to learn British accent. Perhaps you'd add me on WhatsApp to help each other improving our skills. What you think about? If want it. It's my WhatsApp number: [phone]

[@mpudlinskiemt]

I am trying to learn Portuguese Portuguese, because I think it is more beautiful than Brazilian Portuguese.

[@juanfernandocarabalicarvaj6639]

@@mpudlinskiemt I can speak Portuguese also, I've been practiced European Portuguese, and it sounds faster than Brazilian Portuguese. Likewise it's beatiful language.

[@haleychurch4546]

rule number one when perfecting an accent get drunk, rule number two repeat rule number one.

[@thartettoe3429]

I am always fascinated by the way Eliza Dolittle speak and I love Cockney English. Thanks so much dear Teacher Paul for teaching us through this video. I love it.

[@PracticeEnglishwithPaul]

Thar Tettoe thank you so much))

[@carolinebrunskill5735]

I moved to New Zealand at 16 from London, my speech was constantly corrected. I now live in Australia and they don’t mind how you speak and I’ve found my accent returning :)

[@ajaxdonqueso9597]

As a budding student of accents and quirks of the English language, this is gold. If you haven’t already, I’d love to see more on the Cockney accent from a native Cockney speaker. Most videos are done by someone who isn’t even from the region. You’re a native speaker, if you will, and you break it down so easily. Thank you!

[@ginofunes3506]

I simply LOVE your accent! Music for my ears... besides you're amazing teaching! Very educational video... Although I've seen lots about cockney, this is one of the best! Very glad to having known you. Cheers from Argentina Sir.

[@PracticeEnglishwithPaul]

+Gino Funes Your comment means a lot to me :) Thank you so much :) And my warmest greetings to you and Argentina :)

[@busdriver428]

Thanks Paul. The Cockney accent is so colourful. Accents are kind of a hobby of mine. Great video!

[@DatukPeterSombooncharoen]

I used to live in London and fascinated with Cockney accent but didn't have chance to learn further. Your lesson on KZbin has helped a lot. Thank you.

[@moonaakram299]

A.O.A!I am from Pakistan and really this video is very nice and this video cleared many things.I learnt cockney many times from different websites but this video really helped me.Thank you

[@Dani-th6cl]

I love the Cockney T sound so much. It's super cool.

[@paxsmile]

I just adore this accent! Thank you for the tips!

[@faleinglesagoraprof.aparec4504]

Wow, dude! That's just great !! I'm from Brazil and I've been teaching American accent for 45 years. Now I came across a very interesting matter! Now I'm aware of what's inside this accent! Thanks for sharing!

[@Forflies]

Lots of fun to watch this one nice :)

[@geofftonkin662]

I love it. Having been born and bred in south London, or Saaf as I would say in the past, this is just brilliant. I'm developing a career in voiceovers, so I'm just about to put a bit of a Cockney demo on my website. Thanks so much for this.

[@PracticeEnglishwithPaul]

Geoff Tonkin thanks for the comment and you made me smile so much saying saaaf))) Awesome)

[@tariqaziz6552]

I have learned Cockney accent and really enjoyed watching this video. Thumb up for you all videos.

[@fjohanes]

I think that there is a fish on my ear!!!! I really love this subject! Thanks a lot my buddy! I had written a paper about the glottal stop, and I have to talk about the cockney accent. I think that your video may help me... thanks a lot!

[@PracticeEnglishwithPaul]

+David Silva thank you for the compliment , it's very kind of you. I would be very interested in your paper.

[@redonelobo4065]

Hey mate ! Could you please show me the way wrote those gottals. Cause I wanna practice it

[@BingoLongTravelingAllStar1945]

Thank so much h , this is going to help me with acting....

[@robbiewales3007]

Hi Paul, I was asked to do a publican in a theatre production once. I chose to do a Cockney accent and the audience loved it. I remember as quoted by saying, "oi!! Who let that geezer in? He's caused nothing but Barney Rubble the last time time he was in."

[@christosboniakos9576]

I would give everything for having a teacher like you Paul.

[@msalopezbard8970]

Your explanation is the best I've ever heard.

[@exspectans5597]

Thank for this useful video. I've heard that accent when i've spoken with many english and thanks to your explation i can now understand it. I think that this is very caracteristic of UK and sounds well english.

[@CockneyRebel1979]

Words with 'ou' in 'em can also be pronounced with more of an 'ah' sound, so 'down' would sound like a more drawn-out version of the name, 'Dan'- ('daan'), 'town' would sound like a more exaggerated version of 'tan'- ('taan'), 'south' would become 'saaf', 'house' would become 'aahse'- (like a more exaggerated version of 'ass'), and 'about' would become 'abaah''.

[@slycordinator]

I'm also teaching English abroad (in Korea). There's irony that some of my friends from Britain have, at times, made fun of the fact that we Americans often write "alright" instead of "all right", and now I've finally seen a Brit use it this way. Although, I thought it was silly since Brits never think words like (the aforementioned) "although" or "altogether" to be mistakes and they're formed the same way. :)

[@johnparnham5945]

I'm voice coaching for a play set in London in the 1950's This is a very useful video.

[@juanfernandocarabalicarvaj6639]

HELLO PAUL I'm From Colombia I like so much British Accent thank you Paul this is an excellent video to improve accent! I liked it!

[@PracticeEnglishwithPaul]

I'm really glad! Thanks a lot!

[@juanfernandocarabalicarvaj6639]

@@PracticeEnglishwithPaul it's my pleasure! I'm gonna continue watching your videos.

[@alexanderagudelo4215]

Wow, this is completely new for me. Thank you for that great video.

[@CockneyRebel1979]

I tend to glottalize double 'Ps' in words such as 'kippers' and 'slippers', and I often pronounce 'K' and 'CK' sounds, in words such as 'drinking', more like a glottal 'T' than a 'K'- ('dring-in'). I had a mate back home, called 'Jackie', who done the same with the 'CK' in her name.

[@yogajaxx8299]

I'm a Londoner. Another tip with a Cockney accent is that "ou" (ow) sometimes turns into "ah" or "aah" e.g. about is ab-aaht; round is r-aand; shout is sh-aht (glottal t if there's a t after the ou). Also a note on 'girl' in Paul's first example. A Cockney wouldn't pronounce it as correctly as Paul does. It's more like 'gew', with the e sound as in gel or bell and the l on the end closer to a w. However, if you're not a Cockney, trying to say this could sound very strange. That's probably why Paul left it out!

[@t3hp0larbear]

As I try to get through the practice phrases, I realize that there are few things that I as a New Englander tend to do with my own speech patterns that cockney also does. Namely, the non-rhotic R's and the vowely L's. Though my T sounds tend to get softened to a D or dropped altogether, but without the full glottal stop that cockney does.

[@saidfarid6382]

Hi professor Thank you so much for your priceless advice and interesting guidance. I love your way of teaching and excellent explication. I really appreciate your job. I wish you peace and happiness under the sky of prosperity. Your Student from Algeria.

[@Peacewaris]

Please make more videos for Cockney accent, phrase or something about it. I love this accent so much.

[@mariaeduardasantana5227]

Hi Paul! Thanks for the lesson, I am Brazilian, and since a baby, I study English, but I came here bcs, I want to learn very hard the Cockney Accent, and your lesson really helped, and yes, I would luv more examples!😁😁😁😁😁

[@johnlivingstone8591]

Brilliant, well said. As I'm also a cockney I'd just like to say that we pronounce girl as gil.

[@glaucoandreoti580]

Very good explanation Paul! Synthetic and precise (now I could say this comment in cockney accent as well!)

[@TWA1945]

I'm from Cadishead, and when I went around London, I found people talking like that, so I wondered what it was till I watched this video!

[@ynotpresley]

Amazing teacher and a lovely personality. More lighting and better sound quality with a mic, good head positioning in the camera frame, and your videos will stand out

[@snowdropick]

Hi Paul, thank you for the lesson. It's amazing and incredibly interesting. There's a striking difference between standard English and Cockney. I can say for sure it'll be much easier to understand it, especially in listening parts of exams because there's no possibility to ask to repeat in case it's not clear for a non-native listener. Seems that we don't have anything like this in Russia.

[@PracticeEnglishwithPaul]

+snowdropick You're welcome :) I think English learners really underestimate the variety of accents we have in the English speaking world :) Funnily enough, many audio CDs try to put on an accent... usually very badly :))))

[@juju_bear1]

I’m working on a show right now and I’m have to learn Cockney! I’m really having trouble on saying girl but I’m Working on it. Thanks a lot Paul!

[@reubenbelenjr.9100]

This Accent is very lovely and interesting!

[@conishkee]

Good gosh, this was so informative and I absolutely LOVE the accent; always have!!

[@jonherston4812]

the best lesson ever, thanks for our incredible teacher!

[@paulespinoza5263]

Fantastic video! Major fan of the accent and always enjoy entertaining others with accents. This video def was informative and helpful! Thanks from one Paul to another!

[@hruaiatlau5936]

Thank you paul,for giving me english improvement. God bless you.

[@lindasellers980]

Thank you! That was very informative. I'm new to acting and I've got a bit part in a community theater and I'd like to get it right. I think you've covered almost all my parts!

[@thetteacher]

Hey, Paul... Many thanks for such a great video. Very helpful! I'm Brazilian. British accent (I mean any of those) is awesome.

[@erinchester1933]

Thanks. I am auditioning for a part in a play that has a cockney accent and this was very helpful.

[@crazyman8472]

“If you want to hear me speaking Cockney, get me drunk.” Well, since you asked so nicely... 😜

[@MiiMaker]

you forget "now, cow, how" they're pronounced like "na, ca, a".

[@jamesdougherty2271]

I love it. Can you share more of the cockney accent with those of us in the states.

[@shadyspades]

I would love to see the rhyming slang video! Please make it! :)

[@TeverRus]

That's a great guide! Thank you very much! I always dreamed about being able to speak Cockney!

[@PracticeEnglishwithPaul]

You'll blend into the London world easily))))

[@robbywalkerrain2520]

Duration 5:13 ( pake " f") dan 5: 16 (pake " d ". Word from Indonesian langguage.

[@gamesandfilmswithtodd4278]

Thanks for this video, im struggling learning this for my voice class for my Theatre Major, this was a good lesson.

[@klodn1247]

Only now I realized that London Spk Cockney Accent.. This video it's very helpful Thank yaaaa mate

[@PracticeEnglishwithPaul]

Much appreciated, mate)

[@kayzar293]

Only in the east end. Historically around the Bo bells

[@mayganphynix8267]

I am learning Cockney now and this was very helpful! I cant Adam and Eve it, but I'm getting much better at it. love from the States! ❤

[@jackofswords7]

Ye'll be bet'er orf watchin' Lock, Stock and 2 Smoking Barrels.

[@theboyfromxtown]

@@jackofswords7 More like......yur b beta off wochin

[@drkolm]

Спасибо. Очень познавательно! Качественный урок. Thank you for the great lesson. Excellent. This year on vacation I talked with a great guy from Britain. He spoke in pure Cockney. Now I can go through all the circles of hell and torture. Because the most terrible torment is over.

[@sebastianoscarcampanello3940]

I wish my Phonetics teachers were a bit more like you, but they ain't. In Argentina (which is where I'm from) the majority of teachers want their students to speak RP and make them repeat sentences like: "the proof of the pudding is in the eating" and many other old-fashioned expressions that are no longer uttered in UK. There's a reason for this, they say: in order to be understood while we speak, we the students should stick to RP accent, because it's standard English. Or at least it was standard.

[@PracticeEnglishwithPaul]

Sebastián Oscar Campanello it is a difficult one. RP is spoken by a selected few. I think learners should start off with RP just to get the basics right but also get introduced to the varieties of English.

[@aidenkureyshi4131]

this was really fun to watch and very neatly done, good job!!!

[@StayPolishThinkEnglish]

This is awesome! Thank you simplifying this!

[@PracticeEnglishwithPaul]

macdz no problem)

[@sebastianoscarcampanello3940]

Hahahaha! I loved the part when you said that your cockney self comes out when you're drunk! After that, I could only suscribe to your channel, mate. Cheers from Argentina!

[@wellardme]

Cheers, mate) Yeah, i think people might confuse my Cockney with slurred drunk speech)))) they're basically the same))))

[@CockneyRebel1979]

Do we still use pronunciations such as 'orf' for 'off', 'gorn' for 'gone' and 'clorf' for 'cloth' in Cockney or is that long-gone? Only, me nan and grandad both always used them a lot- ("This bloody milk's gorn orf again!"), also, pronouncing 'again' as 'agayn', instead of 'agen'.

[@drunkenfish6274]

Bloody brilliant! Thank you sir. I'm subbed!

[@PracticeEnglishwithPaul]

Rahmstation thanks mate)

[@drunkenfish6274]

Practice English with Paul Years ago I thought to visit London. I wish I had. I wouldn't dare now. Too much has changed...

[@PracticeEnglishwithPaul]

Rahmstation yeah i am popping back next week to get a new visa. I feel weird in my own city nowadays. ((

[@johnsacrimoni1219]

Cant learn cockney, but it was beautiful

[@axeltech9914]

Evan Zhou im learning cockney ! even im chinese tho 。

[@marilynrockstroh6399]

Yes, the practice sentences were extremely helpful. thank you!

[@PracticeEnglishwithPaul]

Marilyn Rockstroh thanks for your kind words) i'm glad to know my stuff helped)

[@cailyngp333]

this is the most helpful one!

[@bakhtawarasim5820]

Very nice , I would love to learn cockney accent, thank you paul

[@ronaldricchetti4180]

i would like you to upgrade another video about this amazing accent.!! thank you.!!

[@abtihalsaed3510]

Wow this accent is actually awesome i truly love it 😍

[@adairjosecassimiro5946]

For me the Ths like Fs, Vs and Ds and the Ls like Ws make English easier to pronounce.

[@jecookdale6793]

Maybe, but it sounds terrible to everyone else in the UK. It sounds uneducated and lazy!

[@HealthyCriticism]

english is my second language but i grew up using the number 3 method myself (the T) and i sometimes do the t-fronting

[@PracticeEnglishwithPaul]

+Anal Devastator I love your username ))))) Awesome :))) if you can make those sounds and English is your second language then you are already doing so well :)

[@HealthyCriticism]

Practice English with Paul haha yeah but like you said once i get very drunk my accent inherits those cockney features heavily

[@aviator2117]

I read the t fronting in your comment as soon as Paul said it

[@muhammadismael7677]

well-done Paul. Many thanks to you.

[@alessandraore7208]

Your video it's very nice, could you do more like this?

[@samiabe8686]

Why isn't the word "can" not affected by the trap-bath split in numbers 1 and 3? Like why doesn't it sound like the "coun" in "country"? Thanks for this video!

[@taylamorris]

loved it! thanks!

[@PracticeEnglishwithPaul]

You're welcome)

[@CockneyRebel1979]

Just a quick note: in the word, "Happy"- ('appy), a lot of broad Londoners- (meself included), tend to glottal the double 'P' as well as dropping the 'H', and we also do that with anything with a 'k' or 'ck' sound in the middle of the word.

[@taylamorris]

Cockney Rebel haha cool! Thanks:)

[@sarahsmyth9412]

Tayla Morris m

[@choiceyboy6615]

Ya mean fanks

[@hassannono3864]

Nice video. What about if the T becomes the first letter in the word .like tell, table etc

[@Abu-Aley]

Thanks Paul, A have got some few remarks: 1. I guess it should have been mentioned that the "H" to be dropped ONLY if it is in the beginning. 2. The "th" has two ways to be pronounced, either as "F" or "V", but again I guess it was required to mention that it turns to "F" with the UNVOICED "TH" and with the VOICED "TH" to be turned to "V". In addition, it would be nice to be mentioned that in Cockney "MY" is pronounced and written as "ME" Example: Me father , me trouble and strife ... etc, One more thing was to be mentioned is the double negatives in one sentence. Example: I ain't got no enough dosh. Regards, Ahmad,

[@sandrabeulah]

I love the glottal t it's the best part abt learning the British accent

[@stormthef1bpomskypup209]

I grew up in the East End and speak cockney. I found this so funny.

[@ijazahmed3600]

This was the first time I watched this video,this accents sounds great I know some of it it's fun

[@koberburwa]

The best video on the topic, more practice sentences!

[@steven5oclock]

Pronouncing you the word "better" first with the /ə/ sound and after with the /ɑː/ sound, could we possibly say that you used both the Standard and Cockney way of the schwa sound pronunciation? In others words, are there two ways of the schwa sound pronunciation: the Standard one and the Cockney one?

[@jackofswords7]

I would pronounce "about" as "abart". The "O" sound becomes more of an "A" sound by stretching the corners of "yer" (your) "Mauf" (mouth). And don't forget to drop the "G" at the end of "ing" words. eg, Watchin', talkin", 'n' larfin'.

[@minativishwakarma3985]

Please explain the meaning of the phrase " catch 22"... Thanks Paul!!!

[@jackofswords7]

A dilemma or difficult circumstance from which there is no escape because of mutually conflicting or dependent conditions. "a catch-22 situation"

[@dilshadhaval518]

thanx you helped me alot i have a question how to pronounce (now thats just) in cockney accent

[@fsaiaf8491]

Hi I Iike this video.. Could I ask you about a BBC learning English actor walker ashley I like her accent,is she talk cockeny accent?

[@MD-ms1rn]

So much fanks mate from a Berlin german .listen american Rockabilly and Rocknroll but loves always the speaking of landiners and english mates in general.can you tell me bout the ,,oi,, in mate or hi for exanple? If you like eastern german slang like Berlin (pre 1999) or Brandenburg feel free for ask.Fanks a lot!!!

[@brainiacmuhammad2789]

Have you done a video about the rythming slang?

[@axeltech9914]

thank you so much for that ，you even wrote the main points at the board !👍

[@PracticeEnglishwithPaul]

axel blaze thanks mate) students should always have written examples))

[@axeltech9914]

welcome

[@auntiemargie708]

singing God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen and Hark the Harold Angeles is a good way to practice cockney accents.

[@omidafg7371]

that was interesting. could you please make more examples

[@NikolaiKuznetsov-n4t]

Hello, thanks for the lesson! I have a question: does the consonant "t" gets glotal ONLY between vowels? And how should one pronounce it if there's only one vowel in front or behind l, or the "t" is between two words? (For example: I went to...) Thank you!

[@rowellster]

It gets glottal between words and at the end of a word - "I got a lot of cats indoors" can be pronounced with all the t s as a glottal stop. T at the beginning of a word is always pronounced. T at the beginning of a syllable e.g. "Interesting" or "internet" can go either way as long as the syllable is not emphasised. If the syllable is emphasised eg "interred" then it must be pronounced as t. The phrase "tit for tat" (cockney rhyming slang for hat) sees only the two initial t's pronounced, the two t's at the end are glottalised.

[@theboyfromxtown]

r wen to say it quick...

[@Ninjai1971]

Greetings from germany. I do love the different english accents so much and espacially cockney is my favorite :) What do you think about the cockney accent spoken by the character Alfie Solomon in Peaky Blinders? I'm a big Tom Hardy fan, and with that performance in that show he blewed me away :)

[@makaylamainini9097]

Awesome! CAn you give us a few lines from Oliver in cockney. My girl (13 years)l is auditioning to be Nancy. Thanks

[@xamsaah]

can you please give me the formula of this accent? coz i have heard it u has a pretty straight formula of which is replacing the word with a short phrase of couple of words but the last one sounding with the original word.... soooo can u give me some?

[@scottgeoffrey1793]

My accent changes when I'm around cockney men, I start talking like them ha ha

[@giancarlopuglisi8757]

Hello Mr Paul. I am planning to move to London as soon as possible, in order to improve my poor English. As a dyslexic I find very difficult to write down an essay, a report and so on, without making terrible mistakes. I feel that with a teacher like you I would be able to become a native speaker! Would you mind telling me if you teach in a school for foreigners who want to learn English?

[@giacomobongrazio]

Awesome! Thanks Paul!

[@danielhavel4458]

Hi Paul, what you think about a people which are not from London, not from UK but - they would like speak with cockney accent?

[@PracticeEnglishwithPaul]

Daniel Havel i think that is a really good question. I think Cockney is hard to nail especially if a non-native speaker. i think someone trying to speak Cockney could come across a little strange. It really depends. I would suggest to learners to know what Cockney is maybe use if for fun in social situations but not to rely on it as a concrete form since it is considered "uneducated")))